I'm curious. Wouldn't minimize support only require the compositor to tell the renderer, "Don't render this window for now" or "Render this window to a 30px x 30px surface"? Is there currently no way to tell Wayland to not bother rendering a target window, or to render it to a smaller surface?
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Originally posted by ua=42 View PostI'm curious. Wouldn't minimize support only require the compositor to tell the renderer, "Don't render this window for now" or "Render this window to a 30px x 30px surface"? Is there currently no way to tell Wayland to not bother rendering a target window, or to render it to a smaller surface?
See this video. That's a weston shell, and you can see there a window is minimized, but by clicking on the taskbar. Clicking on the "_" button in the decorations has no effect (i don't do that in the video, but trust me), because protocol is missing. Clicking on the taskbar means the compositor is getting the click event (that's false actually, but it's a special case), so it knows the user is asking to minimize that window.
Hey giucam, do you think write that plugin for a complete window manager like Fluxbox would be feasible?
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Originally posted by uid313 View PostAwesome to see alt-tab window switching.
Expose is nice too!
A problem with Wayland is that it has no mouse acceleration so the mouse pointer moves really slow and is a pain in the ass to use.
Also sucks that you cant minimize windows in Weston.
I would really like to see window grid placement. Press WinKey+4 to place window on left side of screen, press WinKey+6 to move window to right side of screen.
WinKey+9 for upper-right corner, etc.
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Originally posted by sarmad View PostGnome Shell, which will soon become a Wayland compositor, supports a similar feature through an extension, although using the mouse not the keyboard. Just drag a window over another window while holding Ctrl and the windows will be tiled for you. Way more powerful and usable than your suggestion in my opinion.
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Originally posted by sarmad View PostGnome Shell, which will soon become a Wayland compositor, supports a similar feature through an extension, although using the mouse not the keyboard. Just drag a window over another window while holding Ctrl and the windows will be tiled for you. Way more powerful and usable than your suggestion in my opinion.
I find it confusing, and its like its designed for these touch people.
To me it just feels backwards and weird.
I want gnome-session-flashback.
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Originally posted by uid313 View PostI don't find GNOME Shell usable though.
I find it confusing, and its like its designed for these touch people.
To me it just feels backwards and weird.
I want gnome-session-flashback.
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Originally posted by sarmad View PostNo it's not designed for touch. It's designed for desktop computing, i.e. mouse and keyboard, and it's in fact hard to use (if at all usable) with a touch screen. It's designed to be a highly productive environment if you manage to teach yourself out of the mindset of having a traditional task bar and programs menu. It's also designed for maximum use of screen space which is perfect for laptops.
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Originally posted by sarmad View PostNo it's not designed for touch. It's designed for desktop computing, i.e. mouse and keyboard, and it's in fact hard to use (if at all usable) with a touch screen. It's designed to be a highly productive environment if you manage to teach yourself out of the mindset of having a traditional task bar and programs menu. It's also designed for maximum use of screen space which is perfect for laptops.
Moms and dads and such.
Probably not so good for advanced users.
I find it mostly just gets in the way...
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